TWO TEAM Lakay stalwarts are set to prove mixed martial arts expertise anew in the Colt 45-URCC "Onslaught" on Nov. 21 at the World Trade Center, Pasay City.
Alvin Aguilar, founder of URCC and a Gracie Jiu-jitsu black-belter, said he expects exciting bouts particularly in the main card featuring middleweight Filipino Caloy "Bad Boy" Baduria and Zhang Tie Quan or "The Mongolian Wolf" and bantamweight Mark "The Machine" Sangiao of Baguio's Team Lakay and Justin "The Shocker" Cruz of Spike 22 Guam.
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Known as "The Machine", Sangiao boasts 5 wins, 1 loss record in the URCC, three of these fights came by submission and one by technical knockout.
The title match has been long overdue for Sangiao who is out to test Cruz's mettle since it will be his first title defense.
"We'll just train hard and see what happens on fight night," said the many time SeaGames champion in an earlier interview.
Team Lakay is the brainchild of Sangiao, head coach of the Cordillera chapter in Baguio for wushu, and a seasoned martial artist with past experience in kickboxing, tae kwon do, and jiu-jitsu.
"The main bouts are must-sees, we expect them to be exciting since we're hoping to regain the URCC titles," said Aguilar.
Zhang, unbeaten in two fights and fighting out of Black Tiger China, will defend the middleweight title once held by the 28-year-old Baduria, the current light heavyweight champion who has a seven-win, three-loss and one-draw record.
Cruz, who has an impressive 13-win, three-loss mark, is out to retain his bantamweight title against the 27-year-old Sangiao.
The one-day event also features reigning titlist Ali Khatibi of Deftac and battle-scarred Andrew "The Snake" Benibe of Maic's Gym in the featherweight clash and Team Lakay's Roy Docyogen and a still unknown foe in pinweight category.
The supporting bouts include Cebu's Sabah Fadai-Ari Zarco of Maic's Gym clash and the Mark Catubig of Dumaguete-Eric Kelly of Manila encounter in the featherweight class.
Also on tap is the heavyweight showdown between Marcus Valda of Deftac, a former SeaGames gold medal winner, and URCC reigning champion Vicente Pajaro.